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2. Shane McMahon’s Huge Falls

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Shane McMahon was an unspeakably arrogant “pro wrestler” who - despite boasting nothing in the way of legitimate credentials - deemed himself a hard man. He also fancied himself a stuntman. Was he truly brave? A proper for-the-love-of-the-game daredevil? 

Or, raised within complete luxury, did he just think himself untouchable, even by fate and death? 

When he wasn’t wrestling AJ Styles in a match inexplicably premised on each man being as technically capable as the other, Shane had the good sense to get over by working standard Attitude Era plunder brawls with a big daft stunt tacked on the end of them. 

As far as dumb career-threatening choices go, it was pretty clever: Shane saw how Mick Foley got over at King Of The Ring ‘98, and made that his act. 

Was he as demented as Mankind? 

Nope: each and every one of Shane’s “trademark” leaps of faith were executed with the help of a crash pad. The closest approximation of the Hell In A Cell bump saw him fall onto an inflatable-assisted commentary table at WrestleMania 32. 

Fair play for getting his timing and positioning spot on, though. 

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